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US National Archives photo # 19-N-15-25, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.

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Shark (SS-8) with other submarine torpedo boats of her class, while fitting out in 1902, probably at New Suffolk, Long Island, New York.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 41903

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Moccasin (SS-5) Electric Boat Company/Holland Torpedo Boat Company facility, New Suffolk, Long Island, New York.
Submarines in the facility basin, circa 1903.
Boats in the front group are (from left to right):
Plunger (SS-2);
Porpoise (SS-7); and
Adder (SS-3).
In the background, by the breakwater are (left-right):
Shark (SS-8) and
Moccasin (SS-5).
Photographed by Legendre & Levick, New York.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 45937.

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Shark (SS-8) underway with members of her crew on deck, circa 1903-1907.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # 19-N-6787

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A-7 Shark (SS-8) with her crew on deck, while moored between a torpedo boat (at left) and another submarine, circa 1903-1907.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 85827

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Tank layout of the Adder class submarine by Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy Department August 1904.

LIEUTENANT SHAPLEIGH, OF THE SHARK (SS-8), ONE OF THE FOREMOST SUBMARINE COMMANDANTS OF THE AMERICAN NAVY, AND HIS MASCOT, MING.This is probably the champion deep-diving terrier of the world. He accompanies his master below the surface on all occasions.

Loaded on board the collier Caesar (AC-16), Shark (SS-8) and her sistership, Porpoise (SS-7), comprised the auxiliary's deck cargo as she proceeded, via Suez, for the Philippine Islands. Photo taken at the New York Navy Yard in April 1908.

Photo courtesy of Roy C. Thomas, text courtesy of DANFS.

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New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York: Submarines Shark (SS-8), Plunger (SS-2 ) and Porpoise (SS-7) housed over and covered with snow, in one of the Navy Yard's drydocks, 25 January 1908.

Caesar (AC-16) at anchor in 1908-1909, while transporting submarines to the Philippine Islands. The "boats" are either submarines Shark (SS-8), and Porpoise (SS-7) which were embarked on Caesar (AC-16) in April-July 1908, or Adder (SS-03) and Moccasin (SS-5), which were on board in July-October 1909.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 78275

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PREDICT GREAT FUTURE FOR TINY SEA WASPSTests Lead Naval Experts to Believe Submarines Will Be Part of Equipment of All Battleships. It is only a question of a very few years when one of those nerve testing little ship assassins known as submarines, will be a part of the equipment of every battleship, is the consensus of opinion among naval experts. The launching of the submarine Shark (SS-8) at Manila. UpperóReady to "let go." LoweróAs the Sharkstruck the water.Note; The caption says English vessel, but the American flag is flying from the flagstaff.

Shark (SS-8), right at the Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines, prior to World War I.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 78670.

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A-7 (ex-Shark) (SS-8) right B-1,(ex-Viper) (SS-10), center in Philippine waters, during the Nineteen-"Teens". Both show the submarine bells used for underwater communication ( B-1's is on her foredeck, A-7's abaft her conning tower). Note how rudimentary their bridges were.

American Submarine Which Blew Up Near Manila.The American submarine, A-7 (SS-8) built in 1902, blew up in a mysterious manner while off Cavite near Manila in the Philliipine Islands. Five men, including her commander, Lieutenant Arnold Marcus, were killed. The first report had it that the cause was the formation of a pocket of gasoline within the ship.

Arnold Marcus, Lieutenant, Junior Grade (Commanding Officer) of the A-7 (SS-8) when he died as a result of injuries suffered the previous day in a gasoline explosion and fire aboard A-7 on 25 July 1917.

USN photo courtesy of oneternalpatrol.com.

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Submarine base at Cavite. Manila, Philippine Islands.It looks as if all 4 boats appear in this circa 1917 photo.